Saturday was the first time the senior side had played at home since the tragedy at the Spence farm three weeks ago. The sun was shining brightly at Ballymacarn Park as both sides took to the pitch and lined up along the 22 for a minutes silence. The Hinch stood in their new Ulster Bank League kit, which had the addition of a large NS, added to the sleeve in memory of Noel Spence, Noel Graham Spence and Nevin Spence. Life at the club must now continue but the memory of these three good men will always live on and the prayers and thoughts from all at Ballymacarn Park will continue to be with the Spence family in the months and years ahead.
When the game got underway the Hinch made a the perfect start, playing into the sun towards Slieve Croob, fullback Adam Craig found a gap in the Quins midfield and surged deep into the visitors 22. When he was eventually tackled he managed to offload to Stuart Morrow and Michael Graham who continued the attack Graham finding winger Michael Lawton at pace and he did well to cut inside Gareth Rourke, race in behind the posts and dive in to score with just 2 minutes played. Lawton added the extras to give the Hinch an early 7-point lead.
The Hinch continued to dominate play from the restart with the visitors finding it hard to gain any meaningful possession. A Lawton penalty goal in the 9th minute increased the home tally to 10 points after Quins failed to release the tackled player…… CLICK HERE for the full story & action images!!!!!!!!!!!!!
